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In 2 Timothy 1:6 St. Paul tells Timothy that the gift of God (τὸ χάρισμα τοῦ Θεοῦ) is in him through the imposition of my hands (διὰ τῆς ἐπιθέσεως τῶν χειρῶν μου). This refers to ordination. Since Scripture clearly says that a gift of the Spirit is transmitted through such an action, why is it hard for many non-Catholics to accept that the grace of God is bestowed through other actions such as baptism?
2 Timothy 1:6: “For this reason I remind you to stir up the gift of God, which is in you through the imposition of my hands.”
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The “Catholic” Charismatic Movement Exposed
Very informative…
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Important Points
Eastern “Orthodoxy” Debunked On St. Peter’s Authority By St. John Of Damascus
Very good points…
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Reports indicate that Antipope Leo XIV will be replacing “Cardinal” Timothy Dolan as “Archbishop” of New York City. He will appoint Ronald Hicks, another liberal apostate who was very close to the notorious Blasé Cupich of Chicago. Hicks served as “auxiliary bishop” under Cupich, and he is considered to have been his protégé and close ally. For a video that exposes the outrageous apostasy of Cupich, see this: “Cardinal” Cupich & The Counter Church In Chicago.
The reaction to this report by ‘conservatives’ in the Vatican II Sect is a revealing example of their bad will. Many of them don’t care at all that Hicks is a total heretic. Rather, they are simply excited because they think or hope that he might allow more ‘Latin Masses’ in NYC. As long as the Counter Church gives them a side altar in the ecumenical sect of apostasy, they are satisfied. They are deceived and rejected by God. Without the true faith it’s impossible to please God. Since they don’t adhere to God’s truth and the Catholic faith without compromise, their attempts at worship are in vain.
For a revealing video on the apostasy of “Cardinal” Timothy Dolan, see this: “Cardinal” Dolan & The Counter Church In New York City (NYC).
It’s interesting to note that in discussing Luther’s view that souls in Purgatory could sin and merit, St. Robert Bellarmine described Luther’s position as manifestly heretical. This is noteworthy because certain defenders of the Vatican II Sect have wrongly claimed that only persons, not positions, can be described as “manifestly heretical”. We refuted that false claim here. But this passage provides additional support for our point.
St. Robert Bellarmine, De Purgatorio, Book 2, Chap. 2: “Indeed that this position of Luther is also manifestly heretical is proven by the testimonies of Scripture and the fathers.”
St. Robert Bellarmine also stated that Luther could not be called a Christian in any way.
St. Robert Bellarmine, De Purgatorio, Book 2, Chap. 2: “Note that Luther cannot be called a Christian in any way according to the position of Augustine, but plainly a heathen since he doubts concerning a matter about which Augustine says that no Christian can doubt.”
St. Robert Bellarmine, De Justificatione, Book 1, Chap. 7: “It is established, therefore, that faith is not knowledge but assent. For in the first place Isaiah chapter 7 openly proclaims: Unless you believe, you will not understand. There we see that faith is not understanding but the way and step to understand… Likewise in 1 Cor. 13 the Apostle distinguishes the knowledge of mysteries from faith as two diverse gifts. ‘If I shall have’, he says, ‘all knowledge and I should know all mysteries, and all faith’ [1 Cor. 13:2].”
Ephesians 4:26 says: “Be angry and sin not”. It’s a quotation from Psalm 4. Below are some passages from St. Thomas Aquinas’ commentary on the verse.
St. Thomas Aquinas, Commentary on Ephesians 4:26: “He gives his warning when he says ‘Be angry, and sin not’ [Eph. 4:26]. This is susceptible of two interpretations; for there are two types of anger, a good one and an evil one. Anger is evil when, contrary to justice, it strives inordinately for revenge. It is good when it seeks a just vindication, namely, when the person is vexed at the time, with whom, and to the degree that, he should be… If it is interpreted concerning righteous anger it is not simply permitted, like the first, but imperative…
Now, some are doubtless of the opinion that a man can be mad at himself for his own sins safely, but that this does not hold true concerning his neighbors and their sins. This is false; a man can be mad at himself for his own sins, and at his fellow man because of his sins. Therefore, zealously be angry at other people’s offenses. ‘Phinees hath turned away my wrath from the children of Israel because he was moved with my zeal against them’ (Num. 25:11). And Elias said: ‘With zeal have I been zealous for the Lord God of Hosts: for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant’ (3 Kg. 19:10). By following the dictates of reason, rather than acting before [reason has had time to reflect], you sin not. ‘Let every man be swift to hear, but slow to speak, and slow to anger’ (Jas. 1:19).”
The Protestant heresy of faith alone is not just refuted by the New Testament but it’s contradicted throughout the Old Testament. Ecclesiastes, a book accepted by Protestants, sums up the essence of its entire teaching about life by stating:
Ecclesiastes 12:13-14: “Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man. For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.”
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Canada Euthanized A Record 16,499 Patients In 2024
This is very heartbreaking. If only people simply recognized that nothing is beyond God's grace and to turn to Him for all their problems…
Daniel
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“Magicians” Prove A Spiritual World Exists
This is an amazing video… I used to watch David Blaine when he first came out... I always thought there was something else going. on. I had NO IDEA of all the others, except Copperfield. It makes me wonder what these clowns are planning when the devil comes to collect his contract. I sure hope they have enjoyed their life in this world, because it sure won't be the same in the next. The thought also popped into my head that forget the magicians...what about the other humans possessed by demons...running the world… There are plenty of demons to go around and plenty of folks willing to sell their souls.
I remember the story in the Old Testament about Aaron's rod and Pharaoh's magicians and Simon Magus in the New Testament. These clowns have been around for a while.
Great work! Thanks!
John
Simon Magus is mentioned in Acts 8:9-24. The term simony comes from him because he tried to purchase spiritual power with money.
Acts 8:20-21: “But Peter said to him, ‘May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could obtain the gift of God with money! You have neither part nor lot in this matter, for your heart is not right before God.’”
According to the testimony of the ancient Church, Simon persisted in his false views and was damned. He is considered to be the “father of heretics”.
A widespread tradition holds that Simon Magus persuaded many at Rome by his magical arts. He was even able to fly by the power of demons. Yet, under Nero his evil ministry was defeated by St. Peter during an encounter between the two. The historical reality of this encounter, including Simon’s ability to fly by the power of demons, was accepted by many saints and early Christian writers. See, for example, St. Robert Bellarmine’s comments in De Romano Pontifice, Book 1, Chap. 23. The event is also related by 4th century Christian apologist Arnobius.
Arnobius, Contra Gentes, Book 2, 4th century: “For they had seen the chariot of Simon Magus, and his fiery car, blown into pieces by the mouth of Peter, and vanish when Christ was named. They had seen him, I say, trusting in false gods, and abandoned by them in their terror, borne down headlong by his own weight, lie prostrate with his legs broken; and then, when he had been carried to Brunda, worn out with anguish and shame, again cast himself down from the roof of a very lofty house.”
St. Bede the Venerable (d. 735) held the view that Simon Magus was damned. St. Robert Bellarmine endorses the same position in De Justificatione, Book 3, Chap. 14.
St. Bede the Venerable, Expositio Supra Acta Apostolorum, 8:20-40: “Thus this Simon, who received the curse from Peter, died in eternal damnation.” (J.P. Migne, Patrologia Latina, 92:961)
Apologetics’ Value
It’s not only good to share our most recent video (A Prophet Explains The Vatican II Apostasy From Catholicism) with people in the Novus Ordo, but also with interested Protestants, Eastern ‘Orthodox’, etc. It has a lot of apologetics’ value in explaining to people in general (not just those who claim to be Catholic) how this situation could have happened in Rome.
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A Prophet Explains The Vatican II Apostasy From Catholicism
Another Catholic masterpiece from MHFM…
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A Prophet Explains The Vatican II Apostasy From Catholicism
… brilliantly explained.
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Great Apostasy
A Prophet Explains The Vatican II Apostasy From Catholicism
This great apostasy is what the third secret of fatima was all about, the vatican 2 council…
Michelle
This video provides biblical support for the Immaculate Conception and it shows how the truth taught in Ephesians 1 is connected to it.
The words of the king to Esther in chapter 15 of that book are applicable to, and a type of, Our Lady’s preservation from original sin.
Esther 15:12-13- “What is the matter, Esther? I am thy brother, fear not. Thou shalt not die: for this law is not made for thee, but for all others.”
MHFM: This is an important video. We strongly encourage people to watch it all the way through.
Stunning Connections
A Prophet Explains The Vatican II Apostasy From Catholicism
… The connections between Old Testament Babylon and New Testament Babylon are stunning!
Monika
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A Prophet Explains The Vatican II Apostasy From Catholicism
Tremendous. Thank you.
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A Prophet Explains The Vatican II Apostasy From Catholicism
Thank you for this really thorough, clear and beautifully presented explanation of the horrible desolation of these end times. Such a lot of what we need to understand is packed into this video…
Carrie
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A Prophet Explains The Vatican II Apostasy From Catholicism
Thanks. You keep filling in the pieces of understanding for the fall of Rome. This brings comfort to my soul.
Sedevacantist
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A Prophet Explains The Vatican II Apostasy From Catholicism
Fantastic video. Not only does all Catholic doctrine support your teaching, but the Bible also illuminates it…
Tommaso
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A Prophet Explains The Vatican II Apostasy From Catholicism
Amazing work brothers. Great thanks…
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Work Of Their Own Hands
A Prophet Explains The Vatican II Apostasy From Catholicism
What an excellent video that contains in-depth scriptural analysis of the described punishments in the OT on the Holy city, and the striking parallels we see with it in the Great Apostasy going on in Rome right now. It’s undeniable. I like how God arranged the words: "...the works of their own hands" to appear in the New Mass Liturgy itself… to help other deceived individuals to see the truth. Good work Brother!
Daniel
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A Prophet Explains The Vatican II Apostasy From Catholicism
Phenomenal work... God bless MHFM.
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A Prophet Explains The Vatican II Apostasy From Catholicism
Great video… Keep up the good work.
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On Dec. 1, 2025, Antipope Leo XIV continued his ecumenical rampage by participating in another interreligious event with infidels and pagans. It took place in “Martyrs’ Square” in Lebanon. It included Muslim (Sunni and Shiite), Druze, and Alawite communities. During the meeting, a non-Christian promoted Mohammed as a prophet and a true messenger of God, with the antipope looking on with approval. Leo XIV is simply an apostate clown dressed up in robes. During his own address the antipope expressed the heresy that the infidels have faith (which is directly contrary to Catholic teaching), and that their false religious practices glorify God. It’s simply another manifestation of apostasy.
Leo XIV, Address In Martyrs’ Square (Beirut, Lebanon), Interreligious Meeting With Muslims, Druze & Alawaites, Dec. 1, 2025: “… your presence here today, in this remarkable place where minarets and church bell towers stand side by side, yet both reach skyward, testifies to the enduring faith of this Land and the steadfast devotion of its people to the one God. Here in this beloved land, may every bell toll, every adhān, every call to prayer blend into a single, soaring hymn – not only to glorify the merciful Creator of heaven and earth, but also to lift a heartfelt prayer for the divine gift of peace.”
See our video Pope Pius II Destroys Vatican II On Islam (as well as a number of our other recent videos) for the Catholic Church’s teaching on Islam in contrast to the false religion promoted by Antipope Leo XIV.
The following statement of St. Thomas is interesting. He recognizes that some sinners are manifest by mere evidence of the fact, even if they have not been declared by a tribunal or judge. The same principle is recognized in papal teaching and canon law, as we’ve pointed out repeatedly. Such facts contradict the false arguments of many defenders of the Vatican II Sect. Many of them deny that someone can be recognized as a public sinner by notoriety of the fact itself without any declaration. They simply do not understand or adhere to Catholic teaching and principles.
St. Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologiae, Pt. 3, Q. 80, A. 6: “A distinction must be made among sinners: some are secret; others are notorious, either from evidence of the fact, as public usurers or public robbers, or from being denounced as evil men by some ecclesiastical or civil tribunal.”
Settles The Question
Did St. Paul Really Rebuke St. Peter In Galatians 2?
Excellent video. 100% proof that Cephas in Galatians 2:9 is not St Peter. The connection with Galatians 2:1-10 and acts 11:26-30 settles the question.
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… I greatly appreciate your posts that help me to follow God's will and become holy as he commands.
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His Former Diocese
Syracuse “LGBT Churches” Prove Leo XIV’s Sect Isn’t Catholic
This is my former diocese…
Kyle
On Nov. 28 (the second day of his trip to Turkey), Antipope Leo XIV participated in another ecumenical prayer service with approximately 27 others. It took place at the historic site of the Council of Nicaea. He prayed with “Orthodox” Patriarch Bartholomew and many other non-Catholic leaders. They even prayed the Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed together. That’s another public mortal sin. The action also means that, according to Leo XIV, the leaders of heretical sects have faith and belong to the Church of Christ. But the Catholic Church teaches that they do not. The false ecumenism of Antipope Leo XIV is a public profession of heresy. It’s more proof that he doesn’t profess the Catholic faith but rather the false religion of Vatican II. See our video: Vatican II Is A New Religion for the Catholic Church’s total condemnation of such ecumenical activity.
Also, see our recent article: Leo XIV’s New “Apostolic Letter” In Unitate Fidei: An Ecumenical Abomination
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Leo XIV’s New “Apostolic Letter” In Unitate Fidei: An Ecumenical Abomination
Very interesting and revealing article. Thank You very much.
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Leo XIV’s New “Apostolic Letter” In Unitate Fidei: An Ecumenical Abomination
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Man Shot & Saw Hell – Shocking Must-See Video
… bone chilling.
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“Exorcist Priest” Vincent Lampert – Demonic Activity And His Heretical Beliefs
… this is a very insightful video.
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Novus Ordo “Apologists”
Voice Of Reason Scandal: It’s More Revealing Than You Think
Re: his public praise for professional anti - Catholic James White - all Novus Ordo apologists are obsequious in this manner.
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Is Mary The “Co-Redemptrix”? – A Catholic Analysis
I would like to take the time to thank you brothers for saving me a great deal of time in sorting out true Catholic teaching on this subject matter. I am surprised and appalled, during this controversial time where we have the nope [i.e. non-pope] Leo 14th proclaiming coredemptrix false and the many false traditionalist in almost knee-jerk fashion opposing him as if his opinion matters at all. "Traditionalist-sedevacantists" are defending this title imposed upon our Lady in the most embarrassing ways. They appear to have lost their minds and are making things up. Thank you so much for your work…
Douglas
On Nov. 23, 2025, Antipope Leo XIV released a new document called In Unitate Fidei, to commemorate the 1700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea of 325. Although the document is not very long, since it was written by the apostate Antipope Leo XIV it’s no surprise that it contains a number of ecumenical heresies. He speaks of all the baptized, including all the Protestants and the Eastern “Orthodox”, as “disciples of Christ” (#9), as “brothers and sisters in Christ” (#12), and as part of the “one universal community of Christ’s disciples” (#12).
Antipope Leo XIV, In Unitate Fidei (#9), Nov. 23, 2025: “‘All of us, as disciples of Jesus Christ, are baptized ‘in the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.’ We make the sign of the cross on ourselves and we are blessed.”
Antipope Leo XIV, In Unitate Fidei (#12), Nov. 23, 2025: “… ecumenical dialogue, founded on one baptism and the Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed, has led us to recognize the members of other Churches and ecclesial communities as our brothers and sisters in Jesus Christ, and to rediscover the one universal community of Christ’s disciples throughout the world.”
That is to clearly convey that all of those baptized heretics and schismatics belong to the Church of Christ, which is directly contrary to the dogmatic teaching of the Church.
Pope Eugene IV, Council of Florence, Bull Cantate Domino, 1441: “It [the Holy Roman Church] condemns, rejects and anathematizes all who think opposed and contrary things, and declares them to be aliens from the Body of Christ, which is the Church.”
Pope Pius XI, Mortalium Animos (# 11), Jan. 6, 1928: “Furthermore, in this one Church of Christ no man can be or remain who does not accept, recognize and obey the authority and supremacy of Peter and his legitimate successors.”
Pope Leo XIII, Satis Cognitum (# 9), June 29, 1896: “The practice of the Church has always been the same, and that with the consenting judgment [i.e. consensus] of the holy fathers who certainly were accustomed to hold as having no part of Catholic communion and as banished from the Church whoever had departed in even the least way from the doctrine proposed by the authentic Magisterium.”
Notice that according to actual Catholic teaching those who depart from even one dogma of the Church or the Papacy (e.g. the “Orthodox” and the Protestants) have “no part of Catholic communion” (Leo XIII) and are “aliens from the Body of Christ” (Eugene IV).
In #12 of the same document, Leo XIV teaches that all the baptized (including the various Protestants and Eastern “Orthodox”) share the same faith in the one and only God.
Antipope Leo XIV, In Unitate Fidei (#12), Nov. 23, 2025: “We share the same faith in the one and only God, the Father of all people; we confess together the one Lord and true Son of God, Jesus Christ, and the one Holy Spirit, who inspires us and impels us towards full unity and the common witness to the Gospel.”
That’s actually a heresy, one that’s often overlooked. It’s often not recognized because 1) few understand Catholic teaching about “faith” and 2) Leo XIV’s statement (that non-Catholics share faith with Catholics) is so frequently expressed by the Vatican II antipopes that people have become desensitized to it. The truth is that heretics do not have any faith in God. To reject one dogma is to reject all faith.
Pope Leo XIII, Satis Cognitum (# 9), June 29, 1896: “But he who dissents in one point of divinely revealed truth absolutely rejects all faith, since he thereby refuses to honor God as the supreme truth and the formal motive of faith.”
Even though it’s directly contrary to Catholic teaching to assert that a heretic has any faith, the Vatican II antipopes have taught the false doctrine that heretics and schismatics, as well as Muslims and Jews, have “faith” on hundreds of occasions.
In his new document Antipope Leo XIV fully endorses Antipope John Paul II’s encyclical Ut Unum Sint, which is filled with heresies and contradictions of Catholic teaching.
Antipope Leo XIV, In Unitate Fidei (#12), Nov. 23, 2025: “Exactly thirty years ago, Saint John Paul II further promoted this conciliar message in his Encyclical Ut Unum Sint (25 May 1995). In this way, together with the great anniversary of the First Council of Nicaea, we also celebrate the anniversary of the first ecumenical Encyclical. It can be considered a manifesto that brought up to date the same ecumenical foundations laid down by the Council of Nicaea.”
John Paul II’s abominable document Ut Unum Sint teaches the heresies that 1) Catholics and non-Catholics are in communion with each other; 2) that non-Catholics have the faith; 3) that there are non-Catholic saints and martyrs; and 4) that participation in non-Catholic worship is not only permitted but recommended. It explicitly endorses the outrageous Directory For The Application Of Principles And Norms On Ecumenism, promulgated in 1993 by John Paul II and the Council for “Promoting Christian Unity”. It’s essentially a manual for how to commit sins against the faith. It recommends the very actions that were specifically condemned by the Church, such as taking part in non-Catholic worship in non-Catholic churches.
The Directory For The Application Of Principles And Norms On Ecumenism #118: “In liturgical celebrations taking place in other Churches and ecclesial Communities, Catholics are encouraged to take part in the psalms, responses, hymns and common actions of the Church in which they are guests. If invited by their hosts, they may read a lesson or preach.”
John Paul II, Ut Unum Sint (# 16), May 25, 1995: “More recently, the Directory for the Application of Principles and Norms of Ecumenism, issued with my approval by the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, has applied them to the pastoral sphere.”
The Church has always condemned the very activity that is endorsed by Antipopes John Paul II, Leo XIV, and the other Vatican II antipopes.
Pope Pius XI, Mortalium Animos (# 10), Jan. 6, 1928: “So, Venerable Brethren, it is clear why this Apostolic See has never allowed its subjects to take part in the meetings of non-Catholics…”
As alluded to above, in his new document Leo XIV also quotes John Paul II to teach the blatant heresy that all the non-Catholic sects have saints and martyrs.
Antipope Leo XIV, In Unitate Fidei (#12), Nov. 23, 2025: “Saint John Paul II reminded us, in particular, of the witness of the many Christian martyrs from all Churches and ecclesial communities: their memory unites us and spurs us on to be witnesses and peacemakers in the world.”
That is a bold rejection of the dogma Outside The Church There Is No Salvation. In particular, it directly contradicts the dogmatic statement of Pope Eugene IV.
Pope Eugene IV, Council of Florence, Bull Cantate Domino, 1441: “No one, even if he has shed blood in the name of Christ, can be saved, unless he has persevered in the bosom and unity of the Catholic Church.”
Pope Gregory XVI, Summo Iugiter Studio, May 27, 1832: “Finally some of these misguided people attempt to persuade themselves and others that men are not saved only in the Catholic religion, but that even heretics may attain eternal life.”
John Paul II taught the “ecumenical saints and martyrs” heresy many times, but in Ut Unum Sint he expressed it in a particularly blasphemous manner. He wrote:
John Paul II, Ut Unum Sint (#84), May 25, 1995: “These saints belong to all the churches and ecclesiastical communities, which unlocked for them entrance into the communion of salvation.”
Latin: “Sancti hi ad omnes Ecclesias ecclesialesque Communitates pertinent, quae eis aditum ad salutis communionem reseraverunt.”
As we’ve mentioned before, John Paul II used the particular word “reseraverunt”, which means “they unlocked”. Thus, he not only taught the heresy that people can be saints outside the Church but he expressed that the non-Catholic sects themselves unlocked Heaven for them. That is to imply that those sects, and not just the Catholic Church which was founded upon St. Peter, have the keys to the Kingdom. It’s an astounding statement. We believe that John Paul II deliberately used the word “unlocked” to increase the blasphemy, for his modus operandi was to subtly mock God and the Catholic Church on a regular basis.
Leo XIV’s document is another clear expression of the false religion of Vatican II. It’s not the Catholic faith. He’s not a Catholic, and those who obstinately profess communion with him deny the faith. On Nov. 28, Leo XIV will participate in another ecumenical prayer service, which will be another public mortal sin against the faith and a further expression of heresy. He’s a non-Catholic antipope. The Vatican II Sect is not the Catholic Church, but the end-times Counter Church, as our material explains.
Nov. 23 is the feast of Pope St. Clement. According to the oldest list of the popes (which is found in St. Irenaeus’ work Against Heresies), he was the fourth pope (the third successor to St. Peter). His reign is dated by some to have been from AD 92 to AD 101. Irenaeus also says that Clement heard both St. Peter and St. Paul in person.
St. Irenaeus, Against Heresies, Book 3, Chap. 3, #3, c. 180: “This man [Clement], as he had seen the blessed apostles, and had been conversant with them, might be said to have the preaching of the apostles still echoing [in his ears], and their traditions before his eyes.”
Clement’s famous Epistle to the Corinthians is “the earliest piece of Christian literature outside the New Testament for which the name, position and date of the author are historically attested” [Johannes Quasten, Patrology, Vol. I, 1950, p. 43]. It was considered to be part of Scripture by many in the ancient Church and thus included in several canonical lists of the New Testament. It’s often cited as an early example of papal primacy. In the epistle Pope St. Clement (writing on behalf of the Church of Rome) admonishes the Church of Corinth, an Eastern church that was located almost 1000 miles away by sea. The tone of the letter indicates that the Church of Corinth is subject to the Church of Rome:
Pope St. Clement, Epistle to the Corinthians, 58:2-59:1: “Receive our counsel, and ye shall have no occasion of regret. For as God lives, and as the Lord Jesus Christ lives, and the Holy Spirit… if any disobey the words which He [God] has spoken through us, let them understand that they will entangle themselves in no slight transgression and danger; but we shall be guiltless of this sin.”
Pope St. Clement, Epistle to the Corinthians, 63:2: “For you will give us joy and gladness, if you render obedience to the things written by us through the Holy Spirit.”
His epistle also provides early support for the importance of confession.
Pope St. Clement, Epistle to the Corinthians, 51:1-3- “So, then, for whatever sins we have committed and whatever we have done through any of the tricks of the adversary, let us ask that we may be forgiven… For it is better that a man should make confession concerning his sins, than that he should harden his heart, even as the heart of them was hardened who made sedition against Moses the servant of God; whose condemnation was manifest…”
There is also a tradition that when he was exiled at Chersonesus Clement’s prayer caused a fountain to miraculously spring up for the help of Christians, and that many infidels were converted and baptized as a result of this miraculous flow of water. Clement died as a martyr under the emperor Trajan, in approximately the year 100. It is believed that he was thrown into the sea with an anchor tied around his neck.
Our video called Did St. Paul Really Rebuke St. Peter In Galatians 2? covers many important points that are relevant to the biblical proof for the Papacy. One of those, which is explained below, is a particular term that James used about Peter’s statement at the Council of Jerusalem in Acts 15. Concerning Peter’s unique role in the incorporation of the Gentiles, Acts 15:7 says this about St. Peter’s actions at the Council of Jerusalem:
“And after there had been much debate, Peter stood up and said to them, ‘Brothers, you know that in the early days God chose from among you, that by my mouth the Gentiles should hear the word of the gospel and believe.’” – Acts 15:7
As the visible head of the Church, Peter spoke first and pronounced the definitive doctrinal decision at the Council. Contrary to what some say, it was Peter, not James, who made the decisive doctrinal statement at the Council. Peter proclaimed that gentile converts do not need to be burdened with the yoke of circumcision and all the requirements of the Old Law.
Peter said: “… and he made no distinction between us and them, having cleansed their hearts by faith. Now, therefore, why are you putting God to the test by placing a yoke on the neck of the disciples that neither our fathers nor we have been able to bear? But through the grace of the Lord Jesus we believe them also to be saved in the same manner.” – Acts 15:9-11
When Peter ended his speech in Acts 15:11, the very next verse (Acts 15:12) says:
“Then all the multitude kept silence, and gave audience to Barnabas and Paul...”
Scripture mentions the silence immediately after Peter’s words finish. This indicates that the multitude recognized the authority of St. Peter’s decision and position. As non-Catholic commentator on Acts Darrell L. Bock admitted: “The assembly became silent (ἐσίγησεν, esigēsen) as a result of Peter’s remarks (an ingressive aorist, Moulton and Turner 1963: 71).” (Darrell L. Bock, Acts, 15:12.).
The particular proposal made by James, the local bishop of Jerusalem, that Gentile converts should abstain from food that has been sacrificed to idols, from blood and from what has been strangled, which the Apostles decided to adopt, was a recommendation involving Church discipline, not dogma. It was a disciplinary measure adopted by the Church for that particular apostolic period, in which a single Church of Christ was forming from those who had observed the Old Law and Gentiles who had not. However, it did not bind for all of Church history, unlike Peter’s dogmatic declaration about incorporating Gentiles into the Church. Thus, Peter proclaimed the key doctrinal truth that would stand for all of Church history, not James.
In the first part of James’ speech, he makes reference to what Simon Peter had already said.
Acts 15:14- James said: “Simeon has expounded how God first visited to take from the Gentiles a people for his name…”
Using the Hebrew form of Simon (‘Simeon’), James refers to St. Peter’s speech near the beginning of his speech; yet, when Peter began to speak, he didn’t reference any other man. He simply mentioned how God chose him. Further, when James says Simeon 'expounded', the verb used in Greek is ἐξηγήσατo, a form of ἐξηγέομαι. The verb can mean to expound or relate, and it was often used in antiquity for purporting to reveal divine things. In fact, each time the verb is used in the New Testament, it refers to those who are reporting acts or statements of God or Heaven. The term 'exegesis' (ἐξήγησις in Greek) derives from the verb ἐξηγέομαι. Thus one could translate Acts 15:14 as: “Simeon has exegeted how God first visited to take from the Gentiles a people for his name”.
A Protestant commentator named Adolph Schlatter noted that Josephus (the ancient historian) used the verb as a “technical term for the interpretation of the law as practiced by the rabbinate”. The New Testament uses the verb six times, including for how Cornelius made the angel’s message known, and for how Paul and Barnabas, after Peter's speech at the Council, related God’s miracles in Acts 15:12. So, when James references Peter's speech near the beginning of his speech, he describes Peter’s statement as an exegesis of God’s revelation on the Gentile issue. That exegesis came first at the Council after Peter stood up and it silenced the assembly.
There are also the striking parallels between St. Peter's role at the Council in Acts 15 and King David's role at an assembly in Jerusalem in 1 Chronicles 28. They are discussed in the video mentioned above on Galatians 2 and in our video called The Bible Proves The Papacy.
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Eastern father St. Gregory of Nyssa taught that St. Peter uniquely received the key of Heaven, a fact denied by many Eastern “Orthodox”.
St. Gregory of Nyssa, De Castigatione, c. 380-383: “Through Peter He gave to the bishops the key of the heavenly honors.” (J.P. Migne, Patrologia Graeca, 46: 312c)
Greek: “Διὰ τοῦ Πέτρου ἔδωκε τοῖς ἐπισκόποις τὴν κλεῖδα τῶν ἐπουρανίων τιμῶν.”
Bellarmine Says King Solomon Was Damned
Excellent article. Can you provide the scripture where it says he worshipped the idols in his old age? Thank you.
NonSacerdotus
1 Kings 11:4-11 reports it, and it does not say that Solomon repented.
1 Kings 11:4-11- “For when Solomon grew old, his wives turned his heart after other gods, and he was not wholeheartedly devoted to the LORD his God, as his father David had been. Solomon followed Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians and Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites. So Solomon did evil in the sight of the LORD; unlike his father David, he did not follow the LORD completely. At that time on a hill east of Jerusalem, Solomon built a high place for Chemosh the abomination of Moab and for Molech the abomination of the Ammonites. He did the same for all his foreign wives, who burned incense and sacrificed to their gods. Now the LORD grew angry with Solomon, because his heart had turned away from the LORD, the God of Israel, who had appeared to him twice. Although He had warned Solomon explicitly not to follow other gods, Solomon did not keep the LORD’s command. Then the LORD said to Solomon, ‘Because you have done this and have not kept My covenant and My statutes, which I have commanded you, I will tear the kingdom away from you and give it to your servant.’”
Solomon Became Spiritually Blinded
Bellarmine Says King Solomon Was Damned
So King Solomon, by breaking into bad will, the disobedience of fornication, became spiritually blinded, his conscience was numbed, and he turned to the false ecumenism of idolatry, spiritual fornication. It's like he was a personified forerunner of what we see en masse today, the final Great Apostasy; from Rome outwards the general, blind, conscience-numbed fall into idolatry - which it calls tolerance and ecumenism - with all the concubines of heretics, pagans and worldly institutions. Solomon asked for wisdom, but I think we should never cease praying for humility, perfect contrition and final perseverance.
Carrie
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Is Mary The “Co-Redemptrix”? – A Catholic Analysis
Mary Is Not The “Co-Redemptrix”! Thank you… for this excellent and thorough analysis and explanation…
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St. Robert Bellarmine gives King Solomon as a clear biblical example of someone who was at one time justified but, as a result of grave sins, lost justification. He also considers Solomon to have been damned.
St. Robert Bellarmine, De Iustificatione, Book 3, Chap. 14: “… [King] Solomon was at one time truly just, and singularly loved by God. In 2 Samuel 7 God says concerning him: I will be to him as a Father, and he will be to me as a son… But Scripture testifies this man to have fallen from grace and justice in old age. It reports him to have most disgracefully worshipped even the idols of all his concubines. St. Cyprian indicates (in book 1, epistle 5) that the same Solomon was clearly reprobate and damned. And after him St. Augustine [indicates the same] in book 22, Contra Faustum, chap. 88.”
Many evil people believe they are following God and doing what is right. That doesn’t mean that they are excused. They have become blind in their minds as a consequence of resistance to the truth and disobedience to God (i.e. bad will). John 16:2 is just one of many verses which demonstrate that evil people (who do not know the Father or the Son) often think they are serving/obeying God.
John 16:2- “They will put you out of the synagogues. Indeed, the hour is coming when whoever kills you will think he is offering service to God. And they will do these things because they have not known the Father nor me.”
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Is Mary The “Co-Redemptrix”? – A Catholic Analysis
Love this video MHFM on our Blessed Lady and her true role in salvation history…
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Is Mary The “Co-Redemptrix”? – A Catholic Analysis (Video)
Recently there’s been quite a bit of discussion about whether the term “Co-Redemptrix” is acceptable according to Catholic teaching. Our video on this topic (see the link above) covers the matter in detail. It documents the relevant Catholic teaching, and it answers objections. It’s remarkable that so many proponents of this incorrect title completely ignore the relevant solemn definitions of the Councils of Florence and Trent, which indeed settle the matter. The statements from Florence and Trent (cited below) are the most important statements of the Church on this topic and every conclusion must be consistent with them. The fact that so many people simply don’t care about what these dogmatic statements say demonstrates that they lack faith and a commitment to God’s truth. As our video shows, they also ignore the pre-Vatican II theologians who rejected the title “Co-Redemptrix”.
Pope Pius IV, Council of Trent, Sess. 25, On Invocation, Veneration and Relics of Saints, and on Sacred Images, ex cathedra: “… the saints, who reign with Christ, offer up their prayers to God for men; and that it is good and useful to invoke them suppliantly and, in order to obtain favors from God through His Son JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD, WHO ALONE IS OUR REDEEMER and Savior… And they must also teach that images of Christ, the virgin mother of God and the other saints should be set up and kept… But if anyone should teach or maintain anything contrary to these decrees, let him be anathema.” (Denz. 984)
Pope Eugene IV, Council of Florence, “Cantate Domino” 1441, ex cathedra: “The Holy Roman Church firmly believes, professes, and teaches that no one conceived of man and woman was ever freed of the domination of the Devil, except through the faith of the mediator between God and men, our Lord Jesus Christ; He who was conceived without sin, was born and died, ALONE BY HIS OWN DEATH LAID LOW THE ENEMY OF THE HUMAN RACE BY DESTROYING OUR SINS, and opened the entrance to the kingdom of heaven, which the first man by his own sin had lost…” (Denz. 711)
The Church teaches that Jesus ALONE (solus) redeemed us and that He ALONE (solus) is the Redeemer. That demonstrates that Our Lady is not “Co-Redemptrix” (which means “female Redeemer with”).
One of the other points covered in the video deals with Adam and Eve. While Eve indeed played an important role in the events that led up to the fall of mankind, it was Adam’s sin alone that caused the fall. This truth was taught by Trent and emphasized by St. Thomas Aquinas and St. Robert Bellarmine.
St. Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologiae, Pt. I-II, Q. 81, A. 5: “…On the contrary, The Apostle says (Rom. 5:12): By one man sin entered into this world. Now if the woman would have transmitted original sin to her children, he should have said that it entered by two, since both of them sinned, or rather that it entered by a woman, since she sinned first… I answer that, therefore original sin, is contracted, not from the mother, but from the father: so that, accordingly, if Eve, and not Adam, had sinned, their children would not contract original sin: whereas, if Adam, and not Eve, had sinned, they would contract it.”
St. Robert Bellarmine, De Amissione Gratiae et Statu Peccati, Book 3, Chap. 9: “For Eve gave occasion for the fall of the human race, but Adam was the true and proper cause of that fall. For if only Eve had sinned, the human race would not thereby have been corrupted; since through the disobedience of one man many were constituted sinners, and in one man, namely Adam, all have sinned (Romans 5).”
Only Adam was the true cause of the fall. Likewise, only the new Adam was the cause of Redemption.
This is a great quote (one of many) that’s found in our most recent video.
“… faith is the beginning of those things which are required for religion because every religion or worship of God is a certain profession of faith.”
Juan de Torquemada (d. 1468), Summa De Ecclesia, Book 4, Part 2, Chap. 3
Since worship is a profession of faith, infidels (such as Muslims), who don’t have any faith, of course do not worship God. (Juan de Torquemada was a cardinal and one of the primary theologians at the Council of Florence.)
St. Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologiae, Pt. III, Q. 48, A. 2: “The dignity of Christ’s flesh is not to be estimated solely from the nature of flesh, but also from the Person assuming it – namely, inasmuch as it was God’s flesh, the result of which that it was of infinite worth.”
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Christian Wagner’s Lies, Contradictions & Errors Exposed
Another excellent, in-depth video exposing… a heretical, false teacher. It also contains more valuable quotes against the heresy that Christians and Mahometans worship the same God.
Christoffer
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We’ve quoted popes on the Church’s teaching that Catholics are only permitted to pray for those who die as Catholics and free from obvious grave sin. We see the same principle articulated by St. Augustine in the 5th century. Notice the emphasis on dying within sacramental communion. His statement about “faith that works through love” also excludes Catholics who die in clear mortal sin.
St. Augustine, Sermon 172, 5th century: “There can be no doubt at all that these things [i.e. prayers] are of value to the departed; but to such of them as lived in such a way before they died, as would enable them to profit from these things after death. For those, you see, who have departed from their bodies without the faith that works through love (Gal 5:6) and its sacraments, acts of piety of this sort are performed in vain.”
Adopted The Sedevacantist Position In Brazil
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This debate was the turning point for me to leave the Vatican 2 church. Thank you for sharing this content.
Robert Mitchell
In this passage from his work Moralia (on the Book of Job), Pope St. Gregory the Great teaches that all who die as unbelievers and without the sacraments of the Church are not saved. Like other saints who address this matter, as part of his exposition he cites John 3 about how one who does not believe is already condemned.
Pope St. Gregory the Great, Moralia, Book 26, Chap. 27 (#50): “Of whom the Prophet says, The ungodly do not rise again in the judgment. [Ps. 1:5] And of whom the Lord declares, But he who does not believe is already condemned. [John 3:18] And of whom Paul says, They who have sinned without the Law, shall perish without the Law. [Rom. 2:12] Therefore even all unbelievers rise again, but to torment and not to judgment. For their case is not then examined; because they come into the presence of their strict Judge, with the condemnation already of their own unbelief. But those, who retain their profession of faith, but have not works in accordance with it, are convicted of sin, in order to their perishing. But they, who have not enjoyed even the sacraments of the faith, do not hear the reproof of the Judge at the last ordeal; for, condemned already by the darkness of their own unbelief, they do not deserve to be condemned by the open reproof of Him, Whom they had despised. Those hear at least the words of the Judge, because they have retained at least the words of His faith. These hear not in their condemnation the sentence of the eternal Judge: because they would not retain their reverence for Him even in words. Those perish by the Law, because they have sinned under the Law; whilst no mention of the Law is made to these, in their condemnation; because they made no effort to have anything of the Law. For a prince, who administers an earthly commonwealth, punishes in different ways a citizen, who offends at home, and an enemy who makes war abroad. In the first case, he considers his rights, and condemns him in language of just reproof. But against an enemy he wages war: he wields instruments of destruction, and inflicts the tortures his wickedness deserves. But he does not enquire what the law provides for his offence. For it is not necessary for him to be destroyed by Law, who could never be held by the Law. Thus, therefore, in the last judgment, both a lawful reproof smites him down, who has departed in his conduct from that which he held in profession; and he is destroyed without a judicial sentence, who is not held by the law of faith.”
MHFM: This video contains many important quotes and facts that are relevant to many aspects of the current controversies.
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Christian Wagner’s Lies, Contradictions & Errors Exposed
Wow… this was very eye-opening. Thank you for refuting these false teachers.
Isaac
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Christian Wagner’s Lies, Contradictions & Errors Exposed
This is a jam-packed hour of facts that refute the heresies taught by many so called Catholics in our present day while providing grounded theology on what the real Catholic church has always taught. The robber's council (aka Vatican II) was ground zero in what might be Satan's last major offensive. And the fallout has been spreading for the past 60 years.
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Christian Wagner’s Lies, Contradictions & Errors Exposed
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Hello Brothers,
Praise be Christ the King! I read Quas Primas today to my children and was struck by an additional quote from it which is significant for our times. "The empire of Christ over all nations was rejected... Then gradually the religion of Christ came to be likened to false religions and to be placed ignominiously on the same level with them... Some men went further, and wished to set up in the place of God's religion a natural religion consisting in some instinctive affection of the heart."
It struck me because of the ecumenism of the Vatican II sect. They are constantly placing themselves among the "pantheon" of false religions by "praying" with them and showing mutual respect for their falsity. Their syncretism is diabolical.
I also have a question about rebuking people who specifically use the name of Jesus in vain. At work we have meetings where we all gather together. Sometimes people are using the name of Jesus in vain. When they have used the name of Jesus I would eventually text them your website info and told them its crucial. I have given the info to almost everyone at work and am unsure whether I sin or not if I don't rebuke the blasphemy. No one seems to care about the faith.
Thank you
Sincerely,
C.
If people are taking the name of Jesus in vain right in front of you, you should defend the name of Jesus. You could say something like: "In charity you shouldn't say that... it's taking the Lord's name in vain." If necessary, you could add: "It's very offensive to me and God".
If the same person says it again in the future, after you have mentioned to them what's written above, you could simply say something like: "You shouldn't say that."
Matthew 10:33: "But whosoever shall deny Me before men, him will I also deny before My Father who is in Heaven."
The Meaning Of Nostra Aetate
Leo XIV Holds Outrageous Interfaith Prayer Event In The Roman Colosseum
Another smashing humiliation against the obstinate adherents of the Vatican II sect! It’s really quite laughable at what types of mental gymnastics they do to absurdly interpret Nostra Aetate to hold that it's orthodox, when their own antipopes (John Paul II, Benedict XVI, Francis and now Leo XIV), by their actions, clearly hold the document to its heretical meaning.
Daniel Frankel
In The Colosseum
Leo XIV Holds Outrageous Interfaith Prayer Event In The Roman Colosseum
Thanks for the information. Many traditionalists think that all will be good if only Anti-Pope Leo allows the traditional Latin Mass. What most of these people don't care about is the faith. They don't care if the church engages in these ecumenical events. That it's in the Colosseum itself where saints and martyrs spilled their blood is to further celebrate the wickedness of the Vatican II religion.
John
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